…Likely they are all chicken eggs. It is strange we don’t cook and serve turkey eggs. Have you ever eaten a turkey egg? They are just as edible as chicken…
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
…still you have a percentage that just don’t make it,” Godlin said. “About a month ago, the amount of bees in the hive were the size of a basketball and…
Japan Hesitant to Invite China into TPP
…standard for trade rules.” Government officials don’t appear in a hurry to begin two-way trade talks with Washington, although some officials said they can’t rule it out. The Japanese Prime…
Agri View: Weather Changes
…drought, floods and tornadoes than any half decade. But they don’t all agree that climate change is the reason. Question. If it isn’t climate change, what is it? Some of…
Important Tax Deadline Looms for Farmers
…of February. “You’ve got to get it all done by Jan. 31 this year, both the copy sent to the recipient as well as the copy filed with the IRS,”…
Geneticist Edward Buckler Awarded First NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…only about one-fifth the harvest as produced in the United States. Millions of hungry, poor people don’t have the hundred years it would take to repeat what conventional breeding did…
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
…Tracy Brunner issued a statement stating: “Fact is American cattle producers are already losing out on $400,000 in sales every day because we don’t have TPP, and since NAFTA was…
Agri View: Choice of Meat
…know that deer meat has replaced a lot of farm raised meat on the dinner table. And guess what. Farmers don’t care. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner….
NMPF, USDEC Urge Trump Administration Not to Cede Export Opportunities
…past several years. This puts the U.S. agriculture sector at a competitive disadvantage if we don’t pursue our own initiatives,” he said. The Trans-Pacific Partnership “was far from perfect, but…
Cattlemen Express Concerns With Trump Administration’s Trade Action
…day because we don’t have TPP, and since NAFTA was implemented, exports of American-produced beef to Mexico have grown by more than 750 percent. We’re especially concerned that the Administration…
In South State, Lingering Drought Worries Farmers
…generated in the Santa Ynez, Ventura and Santa Clara watersheds,” the Drought Monitor said. So what options do farmers have? “I don’t know,” Doty said. “It’s going to look awfully…
NPPC Endorses Pruitt For EPA Administrator
…investigated the fund-raising practices of the Humane Society of the United States, last month was nominated for the EPA post by President-elect Donald Trump. “As Oklahoma attorney general, Scott Pruitt…
Strong Ag Background with Sonny Perdue
…‘we don’t need to come in the back door anymore; you come in the front door,’” Duvall said. “He was very good in Georgia when it came to trade. I…
Rains Don’t Damper Citrus Harvest
California received an uncommon amount of precipitation the first half of January, and more is expected. Citrus leaders said the rain hasn’t put a damper on harvest, and this season…